tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788198452985791387.post-84284981945212619692008-06-11T09:58:00.000-07:002008-06-11T10:05:53.535-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_RDj9lCcUUM0/SFAF5LfKe0I/AAAAAAAAAm8/bWwDjkIFly4/s1600-h/Hugo+Ch%C3%A1vez-+Portrait+of+A+Man+With+Many+Faces+-+washingtonpost.com_1213203865781.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_RDj9lCcUUM0/SFAF5LfKe0I/AAAAAAAAAm8/bWwDjkIFly4/s320/Hugo+Ch%C3%A1vez-+Portrait+of+A+Man+With+Many+Faces+-+washingtonpost.com_1213203865781.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210671248761846594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_RDj9lCcUUM0/SFAF5bvj6tI/AAAAAAAAAnE/RVSTiz6oq3I/s1600-h/A+Kinder,+Gentler+Hugo+Chavez-+-+TIME_1213184911234.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_RDj9lCcUUM0/SFAF5bvj6tI/AAAAAAAAAnE/RVSTiz6oq3I/s320/A+Kinder,+Gentler+Hugo+Chavez-+-+TIME_1213184911234.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210671253125589714" border="0" /></a><br />Mr. Chávez is once more prominently in the U.S. media.<br /><br />The Washington Post's interviewer extraordinaire Milton Coleman tells us his impressions of him in<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061002878.html?nav=hcmoduletmv"> this witty story</a>.<br /><br />And TIME's Tim Padgett wonders whether the Venezuelan President is becoming <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1813069,00.html">kinder and gentler.</a>Julio Rivasnoreply@blogger.com